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Jerry Shugart;5003052]I am just going by what He actually said, the the narrow way leads to life (Mt.7:14).
And you failed tp answer my question. Do you deny that the "good news" spoken in this verse leads to life?:
"But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name" (Jn.20:31).
of course those who believe that gospel receive life and are saved when they believe it. i asked you you really think that is the same "good news" in the following passage which leads to life?:
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures" (1 Cor.15:1-4).
To this you answered:
YOU really do think what you think others think is what you think they think !
You are totally blind since you cannot even recognize that the "good news" that declares that the Lord Jesus died for our sins is the same "good news" that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God!
Can you provide a quote where I said I thought they were different ?
I know they are the same do you ?
Seems to me that is what I have always said so why and to what point did you change it ?
You were totally serious when you said that our intellect plays no part in understanding what the Scriptures reveal and now we all can see the result of that!
Do you have any clue how many brilliant folks are going to end up in hell. Salvation has NOTHING to do with intellect otherwise hell would not have so many intellectually brilliant smart folks heading there. Have you been to any college campuses lately ?
Placing your faith in God has NOTHING to do with your intellect and everything to do with surrendering what YOU believe you know and humbling yourself before God and admitting you have sinned against Him.
Does this sound familiar "God resist the "proud" and gives grace to the "humble" ?
You keep depending on your intellect and I will keep depending on Jesus and His finished work.